Blue Note session · in the studio
March 13, 1956
Thad Jones Sextet
In the room
- Thad Jones – trumpet
- Billy Mitchell – tenor sax
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Shadow Wilson – drums
The takes
What the numbers mean
BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.
tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.
On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 3 | Tariff | BLP 1513 |
| tk. 14 | Blue Room | BLP 1513 |
| tk. 19 | Little Girl Blue | BLP 1513 |
| tk. 28 | Scratch | BLP 1513 |
| tk. 30 | Zec | BLP 1513 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford, Shadow Wilson |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1546 | The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3 | Thad Jones | 1957 | Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell, Tommy Flanagan |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan | |
| BLP 1527 | The Magnificent Thad Jones | Thad Jones | 1956 | Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell |
